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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,679, dated September 22, 1885.

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To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK SEELY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Screen Attachments for Bottling-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and ex act description.

The invention consists of the combinations of parts and their construction, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper part of a bottle-corking machine, showing my invention applied thereto, the screen being tipped down and a bottle in place ready to be corked, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

A represents the screen, which may be of sheet or cast metal. It is attached to the rod B, which is journaled in the cleats e 6, attached to the table T of the machine to hold the screen A in front of the uprights G O of the bottlingmachine, between which the bottle D to be corked is placed. Upon the rod B is placed the Spring E, which acts to normally hold the screen A, thrown back to the position shown in full lines in the drawings. To the outer end of the rod B is secured the crank B, which is elevated, asshown in the drawings, wh en thescreen is thrown back. To this crank B is attached the bifurcated upright frame F, the members f f of which respectively reach up through the guide-plates G G, attached, respectively, to the vertically-reciprocating frames'H H of the bottlecorking machine. The frame H carries the cork holder and guide h, and is adapted to be depressed by foot or other power in the ordinary way, for lowering the cork to the neck of the bottle D, while the frame H carries the plunger h for forcing the cork from guide h into the neck of the bottle when the frame is depressed in the ordinary manner by foot or other power. The downward movement of the frame H causes plate Q to strike button a on rod f, and force the frame F downward, which will turn shaft B and raise screen A to a Vertical position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. While the frame H" and screen A are so held, the frame H will be lowered to insert the cork into the neck of the bottle, and this will cause plate G to strike button a on arm f, which will act to hold frame F depressed and screen A elevated until the cork is fully inserted, whether frame H be held down in the meantime or not. The cork being inserted, frames H H will be permitted to resume their original positions, which will permit spring E to tip the screen A back to its original horizontal position, to permit the corked bottle to be removed and another bottle put in its place ready to be corked. I place upon the arms f f the coiled springs b b, which act between the lower buttons, a 0, made fast upon the arms f f", and the above-mentioned buttons a a, which are loose upon arms f f, so the springs 12 I) act as cushions and prevent jar and unnecessary racking of the machine, and they take up the difference in length of bottles which are to be filled on the machine. The springs 12 b are each of stronger tension than the spring E, so that there will be no failure of the action of the screen. In case there are two attendants to the bottling-machine, I shall employ two screens A-one upon each side of the bottle as shown in full and dotted lines in Fig. 2, and in this case I shall form the upright frame F with two connecting-pieces, f, for simultaneously operating the two screens, as will be understood from the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Constructed in the manner described, it will be seen that the attendant to the bottling-machine will be fully protected against flying fragments of glass in case the bottle being corked bursts, and the screen is automatic in action, so that it requires no extra attention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The pivoted screen, hung to swing vertically, in combination with the connected rod supported pivotally in bearings, and having a fixed arm, and the upright divided or bifurcated frame with its lower end pivoted to said arm, and its bifurcated portion actuated by a a and c c, and the plates G G, attached to plates connected to the corking contrivance, the frames H H, for operating the screen, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth. substantially as described.

2. The screen A, attached to rod B, pro- FRANK SEELY. 5 Vided with arm B and spring E, in combina- Witnesses: tion with the divided frame F, springs b b,

EDWIN H. HUNT,

placed on the members of the frame, buttons AMos G. QSBORN. 

